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Pay run created confirmation with a check above the next action. Pay run created confirmation with a check above the next action. Use Payroll → Create new to make an extra pay run or replace someone’s regular pay. Company Admins and HR Admins can choose Offcycle or Bonus. A bonus run also asks how to handle .

Before you begin

Finish payroll onboarding so Create new appears on All pay runs. Choose who you need to pay and whether the run adds to or replaces their regular pay. For an employee’s final paycheck, use Run a termination payroll.

Create the pay run

1

Choose the type of run

On All pay runs, select Create new → Offcycle or Create new → Bonus.
2

Name the run

In Pay run name, enter a name you can recognize later.
3

Choose the payday

In Payday (mm/dd/yyyy), choose an available date at least 3 business days after today.
4

Choose how to handle benefits

Choose whether the run includes standard benefits and :
  • Yes, omit standard benefits: use this when the pay is additional to regular pay. Benefit costs stay in the regular pay run.
  • No, include standard benefits and garnishments: use this when you removed someone from a regular run and are paying them in this run instead.
5

For a bonus, choose withholding

In Bonus withholding, choose 22% Supplemental Tax Rate or Regular W-4 Tax Rate. You can edit each person’s pay types after creating the run.
6

Create the run

Select Submit.
7

Open the run

When Pay run created appears, select Done to open the run and enter pay information.
All pay runs with the Create new menu open, listing the kinds of pay run you can create. All pay runs with the Create new menu open, listing the kinds of pay run you can create.

Add people

An off-cycle or bonus run starts with Draft status. On a Draft or Failed run:
1

Open Add employees

On the pay run, select Add people.
2

Choose the people

In Add employees, search for and select each person to pay.
3

Add them

Select the button that shows how many employees you’re adding.
If some people couldn’t be added, the dialog keeps those people selected so you can retry. The run refreshes to show anyone already added.

What happens next

Creating the run doesn’t submit payroll. Enter the hours and pay amounts, then select Preview payroll to review the run. Continue with Submit & schedule when the review is ready (see Run payroll).